[CentOS-virt] IP based VirtualHost: IP aliases vs. additional virtual interfaces

Tue Aug 10 14:33:12 UTC 2010
Jerry Franz <jfranz at freerun.com>

On 08/10/2010 07:12 AM, Mathieu Baudier wrote:
>> You don't have to restart the guest to add or remove aliases:
>>      
> yes I am aware of that, and that's why I'm wondering whether it is
> better to use aliases rather than to add virtual interfaces (which
> does require to restart guests with our KVM version, no hot-plug I
> think).
>
>    

You said it backwards originally. You said that aliases required 
restarts. ;)

> But is there any drawback with using aliases?
> Or does using virtual interfaces provide additional performance/stability/... ?
>    

I've never had issues with aliases. They 'just work'. I use hundreds of 
them.

-- 
Benjamin Franz